Dr. Bob Snyder practiced emergency medicine for 15 years and served as co-chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department at Brandywine Hospital, Coatesville, PA. and served as faculty in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. In 1996 God called Bob and his wife, Pamela, to Budapest, Hungary. As a result, IHS Global was birthed. Enjoy the writings from Bob over the many years of service.
The Perfect Work of Patience
I am an impatient man. I made a career choice that only encouraged my impatience. The atmosphere of immediacy in emergency...
New Year's Rest in God Alone
During the Christmas holidays I received with gratitude many cards wishing me prosperity and peace for the New Year. Not one of...
God is with us!
God is with us. Yet I so easily fail to recognize Him. I am distracted by the noise of the world's problems, blinded by the...
Be a Blessing!
Often as I leave for work my wife will say to me, “Be a blessing”. Her words indicate her great expectations for me...
A suggestion or a command?
Early in my life I learned a valuable lesson – to distinguish between a suggestion and a command. Initially I did not...
Triaging Information
Everyday I am bombarded with too much information. Some is helpful to know - the correct antibiotic to treat pneumonia. Some...
Our Lives - A Construction Site
My job on Monday night is to take out the trash which, of course, includes separating it into piles of paper, glass and...
Wishful Thinking or Hopeless Cynicism
Peering from the perspective of today, November 6, 2008, the future looks perilous. Political turmoil around the world coupled...
Overlooking an Offense
In her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the impact of...
Trust…foolish naïveté?
I was handed a can of beer upon entering a high school party. The words of my mother echoed in my ears, "I trust you...
Shaded Truth and Lies
Observing me reading a newspaper, my Hungarian ministry partner responded with cynicism that I actually believed its content....
God at the Top
Until the mid-1970’s graduates at most medical schools in the United States recited the Hippocratic Oath. In fact, I was...
Temperance in all things
It was the morning of my flight from Vienna to Philadelphia. When I fly west, I try to eat only a small breakfast since food...
A Shelter In A Time of Need
The day was cloudless, filled with sunshine. Pamela and I were walking on top of the Dachstein Glacier in Austria (2,700 meters...
Restoration Projects
In 1904 London-based Gresham Life Assurance Company began construction of its foreign headquarters, the Gresham Palace. This...
Gasping for air!
Gasping for air! I can still see the anxious faces of children with respiratory disease being rushed into my emergency...
Misplaced Confidence
While watching a uniformed man waving a flag from the roof of our hotel in India, my wife, Pamela, confidently exclaimed,...